Six Characters in Search of an Author

Sep 25, 1965

2h 13m

★ 6.0

Overview

Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore is an Italian staged filmmaking of the play of the same name, written by Luigi Pirandello about the relationship between authors, their characters and theater practitioners. The story follows six characters: Il Padre (Romolo Valli), la Figliastra (Rossella Falk), la Madre (Elsa Albani), Il Figlio (Piero Sammataro), la bambina (Patrizia Ponzelli) and Il giovinello(Paolo Figna) that invading a essay by a theater company looking for an author.

Genres

TV Movie

Drama

Production Companies

RAI

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Cast

Il padre

Romolo Valli

La figliastra

Rossella Falk

La madre

Elsa Albani

Il figlio

Piero Sammataro

Il direttore capocomico

Ferruccio De Ceresa

La prima attrice

Nora Ricci

Il primo attore

Carlo Giuffrè

Madame Pace

Gabriella Gabrielli

La seconda donna

Italia Marchesini

L'attrice giovane

Isabella Guidotti

L'attore giovane

Italo Dall'Orto

Altro attore

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